Ever since Evan was young, he had an insatiable hunger that caused him to binge, in addition to his other daily struggles of ADHD, OCD, brain fog, and fatigue. When he turned eleven—embarrassed by his heavy frame—he decided to go on a diet.
Following Conventional Wisdom: Low-Calorie/Low-Fat Diet
Following the conventional wisdom at the time, he started eating a low-calorie/low-fat diet full of lots of “healthy” whole grains, seed oils, and tofu. He lost 30 pounds but described his body composition as “skinny fat” at the time.
He also couldn’t help noticing that he was a lot weaker than his fellow classmates. Using sheer willpower alone, Evan struggled with yo-yo dieting and calorie counting throughout high school, but it wasn’t until he entered college that the real trouble began.
Struggling with Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Thoughts
“Out of nowhere,” Evan says, “I became incredibly depressed, anxious, and suicidal.” He tried exercising daily to combat his negative feelings but saw zero improvements.
Exasperated, he turned his focus to his diet and, in his research, experienced the cognitive dissonance that goes along with learning that animal fat is an important part of the human diet while also simultaneously being the main driver of heart attacks and cancer.
In the end, the “experts” won out, and Evan persisted in following their low-fat/high-carb recommendations—to no avail. “I just felt worse and worse—I wasn’t getting better at all.”
Diagnosis and Hospitalization
After years of declining health, a defeated Evan began binge drinking and eating candy to deal with his frustrations. He eventually was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis—an autoimmune condition that runs in his family that affects the spine.
He would go on to gain 40 pounds, and when hospitalized with bruises all over his body, nausea, diarrhea, and night sweats, his doctors told him that his symptoms were most likely psychosomatic.
Finding The Carnivore Diet
Finally, in 2020, one of his friends—who happened to be on the carnivore diet—invited him over for a steak. After eating it, Evan was surprised by how satiated he felt and ended up not eating for the rest of the day.
He woke up the next morning still feeling full, so he decided to give the carnivore diet a try. After the first week, Evan had lost ten pounds, and while he didn’t feel great—he didn’t feel terrible either.
Astonishing Results
“Within the next two weeks, all of a sudden, my depression and my anxiety had vanished, my Ankylosing Spondylitis had gotten 90% better, the numbness in my hands was gone, my bruising started going away, my asthma went away, my heartburn went away, my digestive issues went away…my libido came back—pretty much everything you can think of went away within two or three weeks.”
He also noticed a remarkable improvement in his ADHD and OCD symptoms. “My whole outlook on life is a lot different: I’m a lot more motivated, a lot more friendly, outgoing, happy. So, pretty much everything for me has changed.”
His friends and family all agree. “I’m not the same beaten down person that I was before.”
